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♦united STATKS OF AMERICA,*- 




Hudson MTer 




1807. 



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TAINTOR BROTHERS & CO. 

229 Broadway, New York. 



JosiAH Hedden. Isaiah C. Babcock. 

Locke W. Winxhester. Rodert M. Hedden. 



HEDDEN, WINCHESTER & CO., 

BANKERS & BROKERS, ' 

6 9 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 



STOCKS, BONDS, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, and GOLD 
Bought and Sold on Commission. 



REFERENCES 



H. H. VAN DYCK, Assistant Treasurer, United States- 

JOHN J. CISCO. 

WM. H. ASPINWALL. 

HENRY A. SMYTHE. 

GARDNER G. HOWLAND. 

PAUL SPOFFORD. 

JOHN McB. DAVIDSON. 

P. HARMONY'S NEPHEWS & CO. 

L. MAILLARD & CO. 

HENRY WELLS, President American Express Co. 

WM. B. DINSMORE, President Adams Express Co. 

A. H. BARNEY, President United States Express Co. 

JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON, President National Express Co. 

JOHN BUTTERFIELD, American Express Co. 

EDWARD H. ARTHUR, President Union National Bank. 

EDWARD HAIGHT. President National Bank of the Commonwealth. 



TIf M.MT ia CO 

Nos. 550 & 562 BROADWAY, New York, 
No. 79 RUE RICHELIEU, Paris. 



FINE GOLD JEWELRY, of the most eminent Foreign and Domestic 
Fabricants. 

STERLING SILVER WARE, for table or ornamental purposes. 

WATCHES, by Frodsham, Jurgensen, &c., including the most reliable 
time-keepers for ordnance, scientific, and racing uses. 

CLOCKS, singly or en piife^ of Marble, Ormolu, and Bronze, for the 
Parlor, Boudoir, or Library. 

BRONZES. The most extensive assortment in the world, comprising Hall, 
Mantle, Console or Niche Ornaments, Statuettes, Groups, Vases, Coups, 
Tazzas, Inkstands, and miscellaneous objects of art. 

CHANDELIERS, BRACKETS, NEWEL-POST FIGURES, Etc, 
of genuine Bronze, made on the premises, comprising the complete gas- 
fitting and ornamenting of a dwelling. 

DRESSING, WRITING, and JEWEL CASES, of rich woods or 
leathers, mounted in the precious metals or Viennese Gilt. 

CORDIAL STANDS, SECRETAIRES, GLOVE and HANDKER- 
CHIEF BOXES, of the choicest material and design. 

TRAVELING BAGS, of selected Russia and Morocco Leathers, fiirnlsh- 
ed or otherwise. 

FANCY WARES, OBJECTS OF ART, &c., in Viennese Gilt, Glass, or 
Porcelain. 

THE CHOICEST EUROPEAN PAPERS, for correspondence and so- 
cial purposes. 

FANS, for all occasions, comprising the richest articles in material and orna- 
mentation for dress purposes, and the newest fancies for ordinary use. 

UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, RIDING WHIPS, &c. 

OPERA. FIELD, MARINE, and RACING GLASSES, in all varie- 
ties of design, material, and power. 



TIFFANY & CO., inviting attention to the above sum- 
mary of their stock, beg to state that all the articles therein 
suggested are of guaranteed excellence in every respect. 



GVABDIAN 

MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., 

O F NEW YOR K. 

ASSETS, nearly ------- $1,000,000 

AXXUAL, IVCOME, ------- $600,000 



Home Office, Xo. 102 BroacUvay, 

3Z)i:e=lei oto:e=ls. 

Hox. JOHN A. DIX. - - New York. 

Hox. JAMES HARPER, - Firm Harper & Brothers, Ex-ilayor Ne^v^ York. 

JOHN J. CRANE. - - - President Bauk Republic. 

WM. T. HOOKER. - - - Wall Street. 

WM. M. VERillLYE. - - Banker, (Vermilre & Co.) 

CHAS. G. ROCKNVOOD, • Cashier Newark Banking Co. 

Hox. GEO. OPHYKE, - - Ex-Mavor of New York. 

MINOT C. MORGAN, - - Banker. 

THOMAS RIGNEY, - • - Firni Thos. Rignev & Co. 

BENJ. B. SHERMAN, - - Treasurer N. Y. Steam Sugar Refining Co. 

AARON ARNOLD, - - - Firm of Arnold, Constable & Co. 

CHAS. J COGGILL, - - Merchant. 

E. V. HAUGHWOUT, - - Firm E. V. Hau^hwout & Co. 

WM. WILKENS, . - - - Firm W. Wilkeus & Co. 

JULIUS H. PRATT, - - Merchant. 

WM. W. AVRIGHT, - • - Merchant. 

CHAS. J. STARR, - - - Merchant. 

WILLIAM ALLEN, - - - Merchant. 

GEO. W. CUYLER, - - - Banker, Palmyra, N. Y. 

GEO. T. HOPE. ... - President Continental Fire Insurance Company. 

JOHN H. SHERWOOD, - Park Place. 

WALTON H. PECKHAM, Cor. 5th Avenue and 23d Street, 

EDWARD H. WRIGHT, - Newark, N. J. 

GEORGE W. FARLEE, - Counsellor. 

WM. L. COGSWELL, - - Merchant. 

ALL FORMS OF POLICIES ISSUED. 

A loan of one-third of each annual payment granted if required. 

ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE. 
Dividends declared and paid ANNUALLY after the third year. 

WALTON H. PECKHAM, President. 

HENRY V. GAHAGAN, Sec'y. LUCIUS McADAM, Actuary. 

W. E. VERMILYE, M.D., Medical Examiner. 

(3- El 3sr E i=L .^^ Hj _a_ <3- e nxr t s _ 

BENJ. F. WATSON, Metropolitan District, - - 102 Broamvay. 

ENEAS SMITH, for Philadelphia and Delaware, - - Philadelphia. 

M. O. WAGGONER, for Ohio and Michigan, - - Norwalk, O. 

JOHN ALLINGTON. for Indiana and Illinois, - - Indianapolis. 

D. J. BLANKE. for Missouri, St. Loms. 

ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, for Iowa, .... Dubuque. 

J AS. R. GARNISS, for Cahtbmia, . - - - San Francisco. 

D. T. MACFARLAN, General Agent, - - - - 102 Broadway. 



THE 



K ^< 

Life Insurance Company 

GRANT 
EVERY FORM OF POLICY 
UPON THE LOWEST COxMPENSATING TERMS. 
The Company is mutual. 

The profits are divided annually. 

The losses«ie paid Immediately. 

The policies are, /y their terms, nonforfeitable. 
The policies are, by their ter»is, incontestible. 

The insured need no extra permit to visit Europe 

or California, 
and 

the State of New York Guarantee the Payment of 
their Policies. 

OFFICERS: 

ROBERT H. PRUYN, .... President. 
JAMES HENDRICK, . . . Vice President. 
LOUIS B. SMITH, Secretary. 

HOME OFFICE, ALBANY, N. Y. 

New York City Office, 139 Broadway, A. Ferguson, Asrent 

Utica " W. B.TavIor, '' 

Buffalo " •• -177 Main St., Messrs. Bull & Allen, " 

Detroit " Arcade Building, W. Ambridge, " 

Chicago " 66 Clark Street, G D Beebe, " 

Cincinnati " W. B. French, " 

-i Sr. Louis " Chas. A. Wells & Henry Ruckert, " 

Leavenworth " Joseph Mainzer, " 

Dubuque " " G.J.Waggoner, " 

Boston " .74 Franklin Street, f. C Clapp, " 

New Haven " Chapel & Orange Sts., W. C. Williams, " 

Philadelphia, " . .169 S. Sixth St., Huntley & Tharratt,' " 

Baltimore " 2 N. Eutaw Street, F. S. Marling, " 

JSlatilis and JEjcpIanafori/ Circulars sent free to all parts 
of the United States, ttpon ajyplication. 



MM^ Life tntcif^ici©© QQm 

Of HAI\TFOI\D, CONN. 

This old and reliable Company issued 

Over 14,000 Policies during the Year 1S66, 

and received over 

THREE AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCOME. 



{E xtract from tJte New York Indepejident.') 
substantial and enterprising institutio 
the yKtna Life Insurance Company stands prominent. 



Among the substantial and enterprising institutions of Hartford, Conn., 
Li" " "" ' • .. 



{^E xtract from the Itistirance Monitor.') 
"No Life Insurance Company ever achieved so complete a success as this 

popular institution. Its prosperity is altogether unp-ecedentcd in the annals 

of commercial enterprise in this country. • 

The yEtna is a Company that can be thoroughly trusted. It is sound, 

prompt, and progressive." 

E. A. BuLKELEY, Pres t. Austin Dunham, Vice Preset. 

T. O. Enders, Secy. 

TICKETS OF INSURANCE AGAINST ACCIDENTS I 

Resulting in Loss of Life or Personal Injury, issued by the 

OF HARTFORD, CONN. 

Wkm^n^ CAPITAL. = - - $SQ4eS@@. 

JAMES G. BATTERSON, Pres. HENRY T. SPERRY, Sec 

TRAVELERS' RISK TICKETS, 10 cts. per day, 
Assiiritig $3,000 in case of Death, or $15 per week Compensation. 

GENERAL ACCIDENT OF TRAVEL TICKETS, 20 cts. per day, 

Assuring $^,000 in case of Death, or $2^ per lueek Cojnpensation. 

The "Traveler's Risk," and " General Accident of Travel" Tickets are sold 
at Railroad and Steamboat Ticket Offices. 

DISCOUNT ON TICKETS FOR TWENTY AND THIRTY DAYS. 



REGISTERED SHORT TIME rOLI(?IES OR TICKETS, 25 cts. per day, 

Securing $z 000 in the event of Death or $25 per week Indemnity during total 
Disability, for 26 weeks, from any kind of Accident, without reference to the 
place or manner of occurrence. Sold bv Local Insurance Agents. 

During the year ending May 31, 1867, this Company paid on Tickets, in 
co7npe7isation or total losses, $33,180 Otf, for which it received $147 70» 

Geo. B. Wright, Vice President. Justin Snow, Gen'l Ticket Agent. 
C. D. Palmer, Gen'l Agent. 






llSallinq's Uoutc (Suibcs. 



HUDSON RIVER, 

NEW YORK, 

ALBANY, 

TROY, 

SARATOGA. 

MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS 

BY 

H. F. WALLING. 




NEW YORK 

TAINTOR BROTHERS 
229 Broadway. 

1867. 



HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION 




251 BI\^OADWAY, NE^W YOI\K. 

More than 30,000 Herring's Safes have been sold, and over 500 tested 
in accidental fires. Their recent great triumphs at the Portland Fire, 
Burning of the jLcademy of Music, JBarmim's Museum, 

etc, etc., have again and again demonstrated them to be the most reliable 
t ecurity from Fire ever manufactured. 

HERPJXG, FARREL k SHERMIN'S NEW PATENT B.WKERS' SMS. 

The only Safe made with the new metal, Spiegel lEisen, or Patent Crys- 
talized Iron — harder than the finest ste^el, and will cut glass like a diamond. 

Divellinff -house Safes for Silver Plate, Ladies' Jewelry, Valuable 
Papers, etc.; Plain and Ornamental Sideboard Safes; Pailor Safes — made 
to imitate the richest styles of furniture ; Vault Doors ; Specie Chests, 
Second-Jiaud Safes, etc., of other tnaJces taken in exchange 
for the '^ Herring." 

HERRING, FARREL & SHERMAN, N. Y. 

FARREL, HERRING & CO., Philadelphia. 

HERRING & CO., Chicago. 

HERRING, FARREL & SHERMAN, New Orleans. 



CONTENTS, 



PAGE 

Albany Junction 25 

Albany Rural Cemetery 25 

Ballston Spa 25 

BaiTytown 19 

Carmanville 11 

Castleton 21 

Catskill Mountains 27 

Catskill Station 19 

Cohoes 25 

Cold Spring 15 

Cornwall Station 15 

Coxsackle Station 21 

Croton 13 

Crugers 13 

Dobbs' Ferry 13 

East Albany 21 

East Haverstraw 13 

Fishkill Landing 17 

Fort Montgomery Station 15 

Fort Washington 11 

Garrison's 15 



page 

Germantown ig 

Glenwood 11. 

Green Island. 23 

Hastings 11 

Hudson 21 

Hudson River _ 3 

Hudson River Railway 9 

Hyde Park 17 

Inwood II 

Irvington 13 

Low Point 17 

Manila ttanville 11 

Mechanicsville 25 

Milton Ferry 17 

Mount St. Vincent 11 

New Hamburgh 17 

New York, 30th street 34 

Peekskill 15 

Poughkeepsie 17 

Rhinebeck Landing 17 

Riverdale u 



PAGE 

Saratoga Springs 25 

Scarborough 13 

Schodack 21 

Sing Sing : 13 

Spuy ten Duyvel 11 

Staatsburg 17 

Stockport 21 



Stuyvesant 

Tarry town 

Tivoli 

Troy 

Waterford ■ 

West Troy 

Yonkers 11 



MAPS. 



PAGE 

Albany and Troy to Saratoga 24 

Hudson to Albany 20 

Newburgh to Rhinebeck 16 

New York to Tarrytown 10 



Peekskill to Newburgh. 
Rhinebeck to Hudson. 
Tarrytown to Peekskill. 



The New York Printing Company, 

Si, S3, a;id S5 Ce^tire Street, 

New Yokk. 



The Hudson River. 



THE Hudson has been termed the " Rhine of Ame- 
rica," on account of the beautiful scenery along its 
banks, and the legendary and historical associations with 

^vhich it abounds. Its most remote sources are in Essex 

• 

county, among the highest peaks of the Adirondack moun- 
tains. Some of the small lakes or reservoirs which dis- 
charge into it, are three thousand feet above the level of 
the tide-water at Troy. Its mountain torrent descends 
rapidly through narrow gorges, amid a wild, uninhabited, 
and rugged scenery, to the southern part of Warren county, 
where it is joined on the east by Schroon river, the outlet 
of Schroon Lake, which is also cradled among the Adiron- 
dacks in Essex county. It now passes through a more 
settled region, which increases in population and social 
importance in the progress towards the metropolis of the 
continent. About ten miles farther south it receives from 
the w^est the waters of the Sacondaga river, a crooked 
stream, which is supplied from numerous mountain lakes 
lying among the Adirondacks in Hamilton county. These 
mountain sources of the Hudson, and the wild grandeur 
of the scenery, have been frequently described by various 
popular writers, and are much resorted to during the 
summer months by parties of amateur hunters and fisherr 
men, and by the admirers of those phases of nature which 
are to be seen in the solitary wilderness. The Batten 
Kill and Hoosick rivers, rising in the Green Mountains 



of Vermont, flow into the Hudson on the east, in its pro- 
gress southward ; and at Troy, the Mohawk, larger than 
the Hudson itself, pours in its tributary waters from the 
west. The sources of the Mohawk are small streams in 
Oneida county, and mountain lakes in the unsettled, cen- 
tral portions of Herkimer county, a wild and picturesque 
region. Trenton Falls, in Oneida county, one of the most 
noted of the innumerable wild scenes of beauty on these 
tributaries, is on the West Canada Creek, an affluent of 
the Mohawk. Rome, also in Oneida county, was at the 
head of boat navigation previous to 1755, and being within 
one mile of the water flowing westward into Lake Ontario, 
was called the " carrying-place," boats and their contents 
being transported from one stream to another in their 
progress eastward or westward. The course of the Mo- 
hawk from Rome to Troy is through a thriving and rural 
country, interspersed with busy manufacturing villages 
along the impetuous current of the stream. The valley 
affords a passage to the Erie Canal and the New York 
Central Railway, both of which are works of immense 
importance to this region, to the State, and to the country 
at large. 

from Troy to New York Bay, one hundred and fifty 
miles, the bed of the river is below the level of the sea, 
allowing the tides to ebb and flow throughout its entire 
extent. It is supposed by eminent geologists, that the 
Hudson, at some former period, was a fresh water stream, 
its valley lying much higher than at present, and indeed, 
that what is now New York Bay was once far inland. 
The soundings of the United States Coast Survey indi- 
cate' a continuance of the channel of the river far out into 
the Atlantic, gradually deepening in its progress. There 
are other conclusive proofs of a gradual subsidence of the 
entire region, far back in the remote ages of geological 
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antiquity. The scenery of the Hudson, from Troy to 
New York, presents a charming variety. The upper por- 
tion of its valley, for more than ninety miles, is made up 
of a fertile, hilly country, populous with thriving farmers, 
and interspersed with flourishing towns and villages. 
Some ■ thirty miles below Troy, the Catskill Mountains 
approach within twelve miles of the river, on the west 
side. The scenery along this range of hills is remarkably 
wild and beautiful. Many resort here during the summer 
months. A hotel upon the mountain side, more than two 
thousand feet above the river, can be seen from it for 
many miles above and below. The " Highland," or 
mountainous region of the Hudson, extends from New- 
burgh down to Verplank's Point, about twenty miles, and 
its scenery is extremely grand and impressive. The river 
here has made its way through a gap in a range of hills 
forming a part of the great Appalachian chain, extend- 
ing for many hundred miles along the eastern part of 
the United States. The bold and rocky banks enclose 
the river within narrow limits, and render its course very 
crooked. They rise abruptly to the height of from one 
thousand to seventeen hundred feet, with their grey old 
rocks partially covered by trees. This region has been 
the scene of many important events in the history of the 
country. The writings of our most eminent men of let- 
ters abound in descriptions of its magnificent scenery, 
and allusions to its legendary lore. Artists here draw 
inspiration for many of the beautiful pictures which from 
time to time brighten their studios, and the public and 
private art galleries of the country. Below the Highlands 
the river expands to the width of three miles, forming 
Haverstraw and Tappan Bays. 

Still farther down, and forming the west bank for more 
than twenty miles, are the remarkable "Palisades," ab- 



rupt precipices of trap rock, from three hundred to five 
hundred feet in height. Against these the river has striv- 
en in vain, and they stand hke giant sentinels guarding 
its progress, and overlooking the surrounding country. 
Their stern sides and wooded summits present one of the 
grandest pictures of American scenery. 

New York Bay\s another expansion of the river, which 
finally makes its exit into the ocean at the " Narrows," 
between Long and Staten Islands. 

The influence which this river has exerted and contin- 
ues to exert upon the material prosperity of the country 
is incalculable. New York city undoubtedly owes its 
rapid growth and its great superiority over other cities to 
its position at the mouth of the Hudson River. In the 
early history of the country, before the application of 
steam to the railway, navigable bays and rivers were the 
most important thoroughfares of trade and communication 
between different sections of the country; and even now, 
after the invention of the locomotive, so great are the ad- 
vantages which such a stream presents to commerce and 
various industrial interests, that its importance cannot be 
overshadowed even by the railways. In connection with 
a splendid system of canals, it affords an immense stretch 
of inland navigation. Long lines of canal-boats, loaded 
with bulky freight, including the great grain harvests of 
the West and the lumber of the North, find an economi- 
cal access by it to the great metropolis and to other do- 
mestic ports, without transhipment. 

Tributary to the travel and traffic of the Hudson are 
other lines, of which several are extended and important. 
At Piermont, the Erie Railway Company, before they suc- 
ceeded in obtaining the privilege of passing over New 
Jersey territory, transported their passengers and freight 
by boat to New York. Fishkill is the proposed connec- 

6 



tion of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, with the 
Erie Railroad terminating at Newburgh, on the opposite 
bank. When completed, this road will form another great 
thoroughfare from Boston to the West. Hudson is the 
terminus of the Hudson and Boston Railroad, connecting 
at Chatham with the Western Railway of Massachusetts. 
Over this latter road immense trains of freight and pas- 
sengers are continually moving, and interchanging the 
varied products of the East and W'est. On the opposite 
side, at Athens, a railroad has recently been completed to 
Schenectady, connecting with the New York Central road. 
The navigation of the river from Athens to Albany is 
rendered difficult for boats^ heavily laden with freight, by 
reason of frequent shoals and sand-bars ; hence the con- 
struction of this branch line. At Albany the W^estern 
Railroad also connects with the New York Central to 
Buffalo and Niagara Falls. At Troy four great railways 
centre, viz. : the Hudson River, the New York Central, 
the Rensselaer and Saratoga, and the Troy and Boston 
Railways, the two latter running northwardly, through 
Eastern New York and Western Vermont, connecting 
with roads to Burlington and Montreal. 

The river itself is navigated by the largest vessels as 
far as Athens, which is about 117 miles from New York, 
and about 125 from its mouth at the Narrows. Steam- 
boats and schooners ascend to Troy, at the head of tide- 
water, about 151 miles above New Yoi^. Its entire length 
is something over 300 miles. As a commercial channel 
the importance of the Hudson is not excelled by any river 
of equal length in America. Probably a thousand vessels 
ply its waters engaged in the various branches of its 
commerce. The passenger steamboats on the river are 
numerous. Some of them are of great size, and rank 
among the finest water-craft in the world. 



OFFICERS : 

President, 
C. VANDERBILT. 

Vice-President, 
W. H. VANDERBILT. 

Superintendent, 
A. F. SMITH. 

Assistant Supejintendent, 
J. M. TOUCEY. 

Secretary, 
AUG. SCHELL. 

Treasurer, 
C. C. CLARKE. 

Auditor, 
I. P. CHAMBERS. 

General Freight Agent, 
J. MULFORD. 

General Ticket Agent, 
C. H. KENDRICK. 

Attorney, 
F. LOOMIS. 



HUDSON RIVER RAILWAY, 

NEW YORK TO TROY— 150 MILES. 

This railway extends along the left or east bank of the Hud- 
son River to Troy, connecting at Hudson with the Hudson and 
Boston Rai way, at East Albany with the Western Railway to 
Boston, and the New York Central Railway to Buffalo and 
Niagara Falls, and at Troy with railways to Saratoga, Rutland, 
Burlington, Montreal, Quebec, Ogdensburg, and Upper Canada. 
Besides affording an outlet to New York for these great avenues, 
whose connections reach over a considerable portion of the 
United States and Canadas, the local business of the road is by no 
means unimportant, as it passes through a very populous and 
thriving region. The route is likewise an unusually interesting 
one for travellers on account of the unrivalled character of its 
scenery, and its numerous historical and literary associations. 
The construction of the road ..was commenced in 1847 and com- 
pleted in 185 1. Its entire cost, to the present time, including 
equipments, has been about fifteen and a half millions of do;- 
lars. A doub'e track extends nearly the entire length of the 
route, the grade throughout is nearly level, and a large number 
of vigilant em])loyes constantly guard and keep every portion 
of it in order. In addition to these advantages and precautions, 
the management in regard to the running of trains is most care- 
ful and systematic, and great speed and regularity are thus at- 
tained, while the safety of passengers is rendered nearly abso- 
lute. Among the equipments are 82 locomotive engines, in- 
cluding 3 "dummies," 124 first-class, and 13 second-class pas- 
senger cars, 28 baggage and express cars, and 711 freight cars. 

NSW YOUK 

The principal passenger station and the offices of the Com- 
pany are now on Thirtieth street, near Tenth avenue. The Com- 
pany run horse cars, in connection with the trains, to and from 
the old station at the corner of Chambers and Hudson streets, 
and there are other public conveyances to various parts of the 
city. From the lower end of Broadway, South Ferry, and the 
vicinity of the Battery, the station maybe reached by the West 
street and Tenth avenue cars. From the City Hall Park the 
Ninth avenue cars, starting at the corner of Fulton street and 
Broadway, pass within one block. From Canal street, corner of 
Broadway, the Eighth avenue cars pass within two blocks, and 
from any part of Broadway below Twenty-third street the Twen- 
ty-third street omnibuses pass up Eighth avenue within two 
blocks of the station. 



NEW YORK TO TARRYTOWN. 







MANHATTANVILLE, 

Ntw York Ciiv 1111(1 Couiii)-, N. Y. 

8 mil« IVn,„ \>«- York. Fioni Troy, 'l-'ia 

This station is at the foot of 8oth 
street, in the vicinity of the Orphan 
Asvlum, the Lunatic Asylum, " Con- 
vent of the Sacred Heart" and " Man- 
hattan College" (both Roman Catho- 
lic schools), Clarcmont House, and 
other interesting localities, for a more 
particular account of which see the 
New York City Guide, forming a 
part of this series. 

CARMANVILLE, 

Now YuH; Liiv and Coiiiuy, N. Y. 

9 niilps frnr.i New York. From Tn.v. «41 

The station is at the foot of i52d 
street. In the neighborhood is Tri- 
nity Cemetery, Audubon Park (for- 
merly the residence of the late cele- 
brated naturalist), and the New York 
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, 
one of the finest institutions of the kind 
in -the world. On the opposite side 
of the river, the bank for many miles 
is formed by the Palisades, a preci- 
pitous, rocky cliff of traf>-dike forma- 
tion, from 300 to 500 feet in height. 
Geologists suppose that ages ago the 
crust of the earth was ruptured by 
some cause in the line of this dike, 
and volcanic matters protruded from 
below, which, being harder and more 
durable than the adjacent rocks, have 
better withstood the slow but con- 
stant action of the elements during 
almost inconceivably long periods of 
time, by which the inclosing walls on 
the east have been removed, leaving 
the present abrupt precipice. 

FORT WASHINGTON, 

New ^ MiK- Ciiy and Counlv, N. Y. 
«0 miles from New York. Froin Trov l-IO 

This extreme northern portion of 
New York city is the most beautiful 
portion of Manhattan Island, and its 
natural beauties are finely brought 
out by the good taste and lavish ex- 
penditures of the_ wealthy residents. 
Splendid river views, rocks, forest 
trees, etc , together with winding 
roads among elegant mansions having 
beautiful gardens, conservatories, 
and other attractive and costly sur- 
roundings, make it a valuable addi- 
tion to the Central Park for drives 
and strolls. Among other fine resi- 
dences is that of James Gordon Ben- 
nett, Esq., the editor and proprietor 
of the New York Herald. 



INWOOD, 

Pity and Conn'v ur .New Y(,rlc. 
1» miles rrnin New Y.-rU From Troy. *38 

Formerly called Tubby Hook, the 
extreme northern part of Manhattan 
Island. 

SPUYTEN DUYVEL, 

Yonker.«, WesieliHsier Co., N. Y- 
\n miles from New York. From Tr..v. ■t3'» 

The Spuyten Duyvel creek, or 
northern portion of the Harlem 
river, divides New York from West- 
chester county. About the station 
has sprung up a suburban village, 
which is rapidly growing in imf)ort- 
ance. 

RIVERDALE, 

Yonkers, Wesi.-liesler < 'o., N. Y. 
•14 mile^frnm New York. From Tr-y. 136 

A collection of suburban villas. 
MT. ST. VINCENT, 

Yonkers, Westcliesier Co., N. Y. 
«4 miles tVorn New York. Froio Tr-v, J35 

Near this station, and in sight of 
the railroad, is the Convent and Aca- 
demy of Mt. St. Vincent, under the 
management of the Roman Catholic 
Sisters of Charity. The castellated 
stone building was originally built by 
Edwin Forrest, the well known actor, 
many years ago, before his separation 
from his wife. Since the sale to Ca- 
tholics, the brick building has been 
added, and a first-class Academy 
established, in which 200 pupils are 
instructed by competent teachers, 

YONKERS, 

Yonkers. Wesieliester Co., N. Y. 
f T mil-s from N»w York. From Trov. 133 

This beautiful suburban town was 
incorporated in 1855, and has grown 
with surprising rapidity Population 
about 10,000. It contains many ele- 
gant residences, and several manu- 
factories. _ The old Phillips manor- 
house, built nearly 200 years ago, still 
remains in good ordei. Here resid- 
ed Mary Phillips, who obtained, bu* 
did not return, the early love of 
Washington. 

GLENWOOD, 

Yonker;^ Wesicliesier Co., N. Y. 
18 miles from New York. From Troy, 138 

HASTINGS, 

Grecnbiircli. Westchester Co., N. Y. 
21 oiilps from New York. From Troy. 139 

Here are marble quarries, lime- 
kilns, and some small manufactories 
of various kinds. Suburban villas 
are interspersed along the river bank. 



TARRYTOWN TO EAST HAVERSTRAW. 




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the leading newspapers in the United States, 

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DOBBS' FERRY, 

Greenburgh, Westchesirr Co.. N. Y. 
aSf miles from New York. From Trov. fSH 

This station is at the lower end of 
Tappan Bay, where the river com- 
mences to expand to a width of from 
two to three miles. A ferry was 
established here many years ago by a 
Dutch farmer which gave the place 
its name. The ferr^' now runs to 
Piermont, the former terminus of the 
Erie Railway, nearly opposite. The 
State line of New Jersey strikes the 
line a little below Piermont ; and be- 
fore the Erie Railway Co. succeeded 
in obtaining the privilege of passing 
over New Jersey_ territory, their 
passengers and freight were taken 
from Piermont to New York by 
steamboats. The Palisades on the 
opposite side of the river, which for 
about twenty miles have formed a 
precipitous river bank, are now sud- 
denly interrupted by the valley 
through which the Erie Railway was 
built, and they do not again resume 
their precipitous character. Tappan, 
about three miles south-west of Pier- 
mont, was the scene of Andre's trial 
and execution during the war of the 
revolution. It will be seen, by con- 
sulting any of the reliable histories of 
the countr)^ that this region is rich in 
historical associations. 

IRVINGTON, 

Greenhinpli. Westchester Co. , N. Y. 
e4 mile? from New York Fr"n. Trov. ISC 

Named for the late Washington 
Irving, whose estate, called " Sunny- 
side," is situated a little north-east of 
the station. The locality has been con- 
secrated by the genius of this most 
charming writer, and men of wealth 
and liberal taste have collected about 
it, laid out beautiful grounds, and 
erected elegant mansions. 
TARRYTOWN, 

Greenbiirgh :iii<l Mouiii Pleiisant Towneliip, 

Westchester Co., N. Y. 
H'Zr miles fmni New York. From Trov. ia» 

A quiet, pretty village with roman- 
tic surroundings. Sleepy Hollow, on 
the Pocantico river, has been immor- 
tali2ed by Irving in his " Sketches." 
A ferry 'connects this' village with 
Nyack, nearly opposite. 

SCARBOROUrrH, 

Ossininjr. Westchester Co., N. Y. 
31 miles from New York. From Troy, *19 

SING SING, 

OssiniiiK, Wesiche.ster Co., N. Y. 
3S ■■lle= f-nr- Ne"' York Pr"t.' T-.ov. «f K 

One of the New York State pri- 



sons is located here. It was built in 
1826 by convicts who were brought 
here for that purpose from Auburn 
prison. The material is a white 
marble, quarried near by. I'here are 
three buildings, contai ning otie thou- 
sand cells for men, and one hundred 
for women. The convicts are kept 
at work at various trades during the 
day, and at night are shut up in sepa- 
rate cells. Opposite Sing Sing is 
Rockland Lake, and the village of 
the same name, noted for its exten- 
sive ice trade, about_ 200,000 tons per 
annum being sent into New York 
city. 

CROTON, 

Cortland. Wtslche.ter Cc, N. Y. 
3« mi les from New York. From Troy, «<4 

Croton river here empties into the 
Hudson, and a long promontory, call- 
ed Croton Point, projects nearly 
across its expanded basin, and di- 
vides Tappan Bay frcm the portion 
above called Haverstraw Bay. This 
point has been devoted by its owner, 
Dr. Underbill, to the successful culti- 
vation of the grape, and its products 
have a high reputation in New York 
for their superior quality. Across 
the Croton river, a few miles above 
here, a heavy and substantial dam, 
forty feet in height, has been thrown 
to form the lake or reservoir from 
which the Croton Aqueduct supplies 
the city of New York with pure 
water. This aqueduct is a magnifi- 
cent engineering work, and a just 
source of pride to New York citizens. 
Its cost was twelve millions of dol- 
lars. 

CRTJGERS, 

Cortl.ind. Wesl.-neslL-rCo., N Y. 
SZf miles from New York, Fr.'m Tr-v. «3 

Situated near the head of Haver- 
straw Bay, opposite the village of 
Haverstraw. where Arnold and An- 
dre met and arranged the details of 
the infamous treason of the former to 
his country. 

EAST HAVERSTRAW, 

Lurtl;uid, Westchester Co. . N. Y. 
4« mihs fr.Tp New York. Fr-m Ti..v. ■»«» 

From Crugers the railmad leaves 
the river, and at East Haverstraw 
station it is about three miles from 
Verplanck, the nearest pnint on the 
river During the revolutionary war 
fortifications were erected at Ver- 
planck and at Stony Point opposite, 
which commanded the lower entrance 



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PEEKSKILL TO NEWBURC. 




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to the Highlands, and were the scene 
of some hard-fought battles. 

PEEKSKILL, 

Corllaiul, \V«u-l,Hsl,.r Co., N. Y. 
4a Miil,.< Iroin \pu- Vork. From Trny. «OT 

This station is at the entrance to 
the magnificent scenery of the High- 
lands. Caldwell's Landing, directly 
opposite, is at the foot of Dunderberg 
(or Thunder Mountain), which Ir- 
ving describes so quaintly. Peekskill 
was incorporated in 1816. Popu- 
lation about 4000. It has seve- 
ral iron foundries, machine shops, 
and other manufactories. A little 
east of the village is the country 
residence of Rev. H. IT. Beechcr. 
After leaving Peekskill we pass 
through the extremity of " Anthony's 
Nose" in a tunnel 200 feet in length, 
and come into the midst of some of 
the grandest scenery in America, if 
not in the world. 

FORT MONTGOMERY STA. 

Philiin^iL.wi., t'.u.uuuCo., N. V. 
4'r mill's from N.w Vork. Prnm Troy, 10« 

Fort Montgomerj', on the opposite 
side of the river, was, in 1777, the 
scene of a desperate engagement be- 
tween British and Americans, in 
which the former greatly outnumber- 
ed the latter, and after a long and 
hard-fought battle succeeded in driv- 
ing them out, but not in time to 
accomplish their object of effecting a 
junction with Gen. Burgoyne, and 
thus preventing the defeat and cap- 
ture of his army by Gen. Gates at 
Saratoga. Two heavy booms of tim- 
ber and iron, one of which had been 
stretched across from Fort Mont- 
gomery to Anthony's Nose, and 
another at West Point, to prevent 
the ascent of the British, were then 
destroyed, and the river opened 
to their ships. Three miles above 
Fort Montgomery, on the west side 
of the river, is a small cascade 
called Buttermilk Falls, which comes 
rushing down the rocky hillside, and 
when swollen by freshets, presents a 
beautiful milky appearance, from 
which its name is probably derived. 
GARRISON'S, 

Pl,illip.siow,,, Piu„:un Co.,N. Y. 
51 rniles Iruin Xi-w York _Prnm Tmy. 3!> 

A ^^rry connects this station with 
West Point, where is located the U. 
S. Military Academy. It occupies 
several fine stone buildings, and is 



situated on a level plain elevated 
some little distance above the river, 
from which it is reached by a road 
cut in the rocky hillside. Two large 
hotels _ are constantly filled with 
guests in the summer months. Roe's 
West Point Hotel at the extreme 
north end of the plateau commands 
fine views in all directions, and Coz- 
zens's Hotel, more recently built, is 
one mile below, near Buttermilk Falls, 
and is a favorite place of resort. 
Magnificent scenery and interesting 
historical associations abound. Mount 
Independence, with the ruins of Fort 
Putnam high up on its side, Crow 
Nest, Breakneck Mountain, Mount 
Taurus, Butter Hill, the beautiful 
river with its white-sailed vessels and 
steamboats, and romantic islands, 
afford from the different points oT 
view panoramas whose beauty can 
hardly be excelled or equalled. Not 
the least among the attractions is the 
Academy itself with its library, ob- 
servatory, philosophical rooms, cabi- 
nets, chapel, hospital, etc. The daily 
parades of the smart young cadets on 
the level green between the academy 
buildings and Roe's Hotel, enHvened 
by strains of excellent martial music, 
the charming rambles, including 
" Flirtation Walk," a romantic, 
shaded path cut in the rocky hillside, 
leading to Kosciusko's garden and 
monument, and numberless other 
minor attractions, render the spot 
one to be long remembered with 
pleasure by its visitors. 

COLD SPRING, 

Phillipslowii, Putnam Co., N, Y. 
S-* Tiile^ frnm NVw York-. From Troy. 06 

The West Point iron foundry, one 
of the largest in the country, is locat- 
ed here, and turns out very heavy 
work. An immense number of heavy 
Parrott guns were cast for the go- 
vernment during the war, under the 
direction of the inventor, R. P. 
Parrott. 

CORNWALL STATION", 

Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. V. 
5« o;iles from New York. From Trov. »■« 

The village of Cornwall is on the 
other side of the river, in Orange co. 
It is a favorite place of summer re- 
sort. Idlciuild, the residence of N. 
P. Willis, is a little north of the 
village. 



NEWBURG AND FISHKILL TO RHINEBECK. 




FISHKILL LANDING, I Population 16,000. Built on a taWi 

00 mil's fn',nx':vVo?t''"'rri:in-r..v. »0 ^^"^ ^°':'f ^5° tO 200 feet above the 

This is the proposed Hudson River i ^f^er with a rather steep slope to the 
terminus of the Boston, Hartford, i "^'^r bank. \anous and important 
and Erie Railway, now running as manufactories are carried on here, 
far west as Waterbur^^ Conn. It and an extensive agricultural re.c 



will connect with the Erie Railway 
by the Newburg Branch, which ter- 
minates on the opposite side of the 
river, and thus complete an important 
thoroughfare from Boston to the 
west. The railway now emerges 
from the Highlands, and from the 
summits of the hills the views up the 
river as well as down are magnificent. 
Newburg, in Orange county, is con- 
nected with the station by a ferry. 
Though somewhat awkwardly situat- 
ed on a sloping hillside, it is a thriv- 
ing place, and has important manu- 
factories, a large brewery, etc It 
was the home of A. J. Do'wm'ng-, 
whose works on Landscape Garden- 
ing; Rural Architecture, etc., have 
been instrumental in producing great 
improvements in the taste and beauty 
of our country villas and their sur- 
roundbgs. He was lost with many 
others at the burning of the steam- 
boat Henry Clay in 1852. An old 
stone mansion in the south part of 
the village was ^'■Washitigtoti's Head 
Quarters'^ in revolutionary times, 
and is now owned and kept in order 
by the State. Many interesting re- 
lics and mementos are preserved he?e. 

LOW POINT, 

FLshkill, Diitcliess Co., N. Y. 
64 miU-s from N'pw Torlf. From Troy, 8G 

Also called Carthage Landing. Just 
above it is a short tunneL 

NEW HAMBURG, 

Poiighkeepsie, DarcliessCo., N. V. 
CG miles from New York. From Trov. 84 

Situated at the mouth of Wappinger 
Creek, and connected by ferry with 
Marlborough in Ulster county. Soon 
after leaving N H., a tunnel, some 
800 feet in length, is passed through. 
MILTON FERRY, 

Ponghkeepsie, Dulcliess Co., N. Y. 
•Sf miles from New York. From Trny. ■?» 

Milton, directly opposite, in Ulster 
county, is connected by ferry with 
the station. Half a mile above is a 
short tunnel. 

POTIGHXEEPSIE, 

Poiighkeep.^ie, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
■^B miles from New York. From Troy. TS 

Incorporated as a city in 1854. 



fertile and well improved, contributes 
materially to its commercial prosper- 
ity. The educational institutons are 
unusually extensive and excellent. 
The I'assar Ftma/e Collide, recently 
built and endowed by the magnifi- 
cent liberality of M. Vassar, Esq., 
is the largest and most thoroughly 
organized institution of the kind in 
the country. Prof Morse, the in- 
ventor of the American system of 
telegraphing, has a country residence 
a little below Poughkeepsie. Hud- 
dlestone, the British spy, was execut- 
ed here in 1780. Andrew Jackson 
Davis, the "Poughkeepsie Seer," was 
bom here. A steam ferry connects 
with Lloyd or New Paltz Landing 
opposite. 

HYDE PARK, 

Hyde Parx, Dutches, t-., N. Y. 
SO miles from New Yorlt. Fi-..m Trnv. f O 

The village is pleasantly located, 
about half a rnile back from the river, 
and at a considerable elevation above 
it. Crum Elbow Creek falls into the 
Hudson at this point. 

STAATSBURGH, 

Hyde Park, Diilches,s Co.. X Y- 
85 miles from New York. Fr..m Tinv. _C5 

The railroad here leaves the river 
for a short distance, striking through 
a little valley which affords a more 
direct course. Nearly five miles 
above we pass through " KeUy's 
Tunnel." 

RHINEBECK LANDING, 

Khineljeck. Duiclies.-* Co., N. V. 
»0 miles from New Vork. From Trny. eo 

The village of Rhinebeck is two 
miles east of the landing. The first 
settlement was made by Wm. Beek- 
man, who brought several German 
families with him from Germany in 
1647. A steam ferry connects with 
Rondout, Ulster Co , which is nearly 
opposite, and the terminus of the 
Delaware and Hudson Canal, one of 
the great avenues by which the an- 
thracite coal of Pennsylvania reaches 
its markets. It adj. ins Kingston, 
the county seat of Ulster, which Her 
between Wallkill River and Esopus 
Creek, and two miles back from the 



RHINEBECK TO HUDSON. 




Hudson. After the capture by the 
British of Fort Montgomery, and the 
destruction of the chains across the 
river, ah'eady mentioned, Kingston 
was one of the places thus left de- 
fenceless to the mercies of the enemy, 
who made their way up the river un- 
obstructed, and pillaged and burned 
at pleasure. It was intensely loyal to 
the American cause, and had on that 
account become especially hated by 
the British. While the town was 
bm-ning, its inhabitants, who had fled 
to the adjoining town of Hurley, 
hanged a spy who had been caught a 
few days before in the American camp 
at Newburg 

BARRYTOWN, 

Re I ll.>o>. IJ .fhrssCo.. N. Y. 
OC .nil,-sfr.mXe«- Vnrk. From Troy, S4 

The village of Red Hook is some 
three miles east of Barry town. " Rok-:- 
dy" about one mile south-east, was 
formerly the estate of John Arm- 
strong, a prominent politician in the 
last century, and is now the country 
residence of his son-in-law, Wm. B. 
Astor. Monts^omery Place, about 
the same distance north of Barrytown, 
was built by the widow of Gcjicra! 
Richard Mont^^oincry, who was kill- 
ed at the storming of Quebec in 1775. 
His remains are deposited under the 
monument erected by the Continental 
Congress in 1776, and since built into 
the wall of St. Paul's Church, which 
fronts on Broadway, New York City, 
where it attracts the attention of aJI 
observant strangers who pass. Mrs 
Montgomery was a sister of C/ian- 
cellor Lknngston, and JlTont^ofnery 
Place still remains in the Livingston 
family. 

TIVOLI, 

Red Hool[.Unirl,L-s. C...,N. Y. 
100 rriil« from NVw York. From Troy. 50 

A place of growing importance. 
Myersville forms with it a continuous 
village. Upper Red Hook is about 
14 miles east. Saugerties, on the op- 
posite side of the river, one mile 
above, is connected by a steam 
ferry. It is a large thriving vil- 
lage, with extensive manufactories 
of iron, white-lead, paper, etc. A 
little above Tivoli, Clenimnt^ the 
former residence of Robert R. Living- 
ston, the first Chancellor of the State 
of New York, may be seen at Maiden, 
on the opposite side of the river. 



Besides the eminent public services of 
the Chancellor, his fame is connected 
with that of Robert Fii/toi/ in the in- 
troduction of steam navigation. Liv 
ingston furnished Fulton the means 
lo cany on his e.^periments, and the 
first successful steamboat trip was 
made by the C/c-rmont (named in 
honor of Livingston's residence), in 
the autumn of 1807. She reached 
Albany in thirty-two hours from New 
York on this first trip ; and thus navi- 
gation by steam, v/hich had previous- 
ly been considered a wild and chimeri- 
cal project, became an established 
fact. 

GERMANTOWN, 

(Jermantown, C-lnmi'l^i Co., N. Y. 
ttiZl niilMS from X.w Yurk. Frnoi Tmv. 4S 

Germantown was settled In 1710 by 
German emigrants, under the patron- 
age of Queen Anne, who caused land 
to be purchased for them of Robert 
Livingston. Population of the town- 
ship in 1S65, 1,278. 

CATSKILL STATION, 

Greenport, ColmnbiaCo., N. Y. 
a-H mil.-,- I, New York. Fr-m Trn,,r, 33 

A steam ferry runs to Catskill, op- 
posite, at the mouth of Catskill Creek. 
It is a place of much importance, and 
the county seat of Greene county. 
Magnificent scenery abounds here, 
and it has been the temporary or per- 
manent home of some of the distin- 
guished artists of the country. Thomas 
Cole resided here when he painted his 
"Voyage of Life," and "Course of 
Empire." On a sort of terrace, 
twenty-two hundred feet above the 
river, about 12 miles back from it, and 
near the edge of an abrupt precipice, 
is built the 'Mountain House," a 
spac ous hotel, which is distinctly 
visible for a considerable distance 
along the river. The coolness and 
exhilarating quahty of the air, the 
grandeur of the view, and the comfort- 
able accommodations of the hotel, at- 
tract numerous visitors in the summer 
months. The mountain rises behind 
the hotel to a height of thirty-eight 
hundred feet above the river One Oi 
the many atti-actions in the vicinity is 
the Ca/s/v/// FaL's. Caterskill or Kau- 
terskill Creek, a branch of Catskill 
Creek, originating high up in the 
mountain, and affording an outlet 
for tw( • ponds, here dashes over two 
perpendicular precipices, one a hun- 
dred and the other eighty feet in 



19 



HUDSON TO ALBANY, 




height ; and, passing through a preci- 
pitous and romantic ravine, called 
" The Clove,'" reaches the lower valley 
of the Hudson. The scene of Irving's 
Rip Van Winkle is laid in this region ; 
and the place where the sleepy Dutch- 
man bowled at nine-pins is pointed 
out to travellers. 

HUDSON, 

Hm.Ivoii Ciiv, C.iluiiil.ia Co., N. Y. 
11.% . i ■■- i-,..rM V.-'A- Vorlc. From Troy «3 

Incorporated as a city in 1785. Po- 
pulation in 1865, abciut 8000. Upon 
the summit of the bluff overlooking the 
river, a public square, and a broad 
street, or rrommade, have been laid 
out, and ornamented with trees and 
shrubbery. Fine views are here af- 
forded of the city, the river, and 
of the country on the opposite 
shore, with the Catskill Mountains in 
the background. The Hudson and 
Boston Railway extends from here to 
West Stockbridge in Mass., connect- 
ing at Chatham with the Western 
Railway (Mass.), and at West Stock- 
Dridge with the Housatonic Railway. 
From Athens, on the opposite side of 
the river, a railway has recently 
oeen completed to Schenectady, con- 
iiecting with the New York Central 
Railway, principally for the con- 
veyance of freght, in connection 
with river navigation, to and from 
the West ; the delays and vexations 
of navigating the shoal water between 
here and Albany being thus avoided. 
STOCKPORT, 

Sinckporl, Col.iint.ia Co., .NT. V. 
tf » n.i'p'! >ro,„ NVw Y'tI;. From Trov, 3« 

Columbiaville is the name of the 
village at the station. It is in the 
township of Stockport, at the mouth 
of Kinderhook river. Five miles up 
this river is Lindenwald, in Kinder- 
hook township, the former residence of 
Martin Van Buren. The Columbia 
Sulphur Springs near Stottsville have 
a fine hotel and bathing-houses, and 
have become quite a popular place 
of resort for invalids and others. 
COXSACKIE STATION, 

Sfivif..:.u,l. Coluinlii;i Co., N . T. 
tan inilr- iVo,,, N'PM- Ynrl-. Fro.,, T'ov ST 

Foniierly called Kinderhook Sta- 
tion ; is connected by ferry with 
Coxsackie Landing, on the opposite 
side of the river. The village of 
Coxsackie is about one mile back 
from the river. 



STUYVESANT, 

Stuyvesaiii, Coliimbki Co., N. Y. 
*as iiiiles Iron, N.-w York. F,-oim Tr..y. aS 

There Is a foundry and a flounng- 
mill here. At Stuyvesant Falls, on 
Kinderhook river, in the south-east 
part of the township, there are .several 
cotton and woollen mills, and other 
manufactories. 

SCHODACK, 

Scliodack, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
13a „>ilps fn>,i. Npw Vork. From Troy. «8 

A village of about 250 inhabitants. 
Opposite is Coeynian's, in Albany 
county, named after the original pa- 
tentee of the land. A fossil eleHmnt 
was found in this township, on the 
farm of Mr. Shears, about four miles 
west of the river. 

CASTLETON, 

Schndack, Renssel.ier Co., N. Y. 
I»i5 n'ilf* iVom J^,-\v Vorl.-. From Troy. IS 

A pretty village of about 450 in- 
habitants. The river here passes 
through meadow lands, and is quite 
shallow. This portion is unfavorably 
known to its navigators as The Over- 
slaugh. Many attempts have been 
made to deepen the channel, but 
without permanent success. Subse- 
quent freshets would speedily bring 
down sand and mud, and either refill 
the excavation or make bars in new 
places. 

EAST ALBANY, 

Grppiiliii«h, Reii.-spLaer Co., N. Y. 
\^% ,oil-s iV-in \V\v Vo,-l,-. Fioin Trov. C 

Access was formerly had to Albany 
from here by ferry-boat, but a bridge 
is now completed, and passengers for 
Albany or the West are taken across 
without changing cars. The Western 
Railwav, running through the centre 
of Massachusetts to Worcester and 
Boston, connects here ; also the New 
York Central, to Buffalo and Niagara 
Falls. Albany is one of the oldest 
cities in America, having been incor- 
porated in 1686. Population in 1805, 
about 63,000. It acquired much im- 
portance at an early period, from 
being the principal centre of the In- 
dian trade, and the military base of 
expeditions against Canada. It was 
made the capital of the State in 1797. 
The introduction of steam navigation 
by Fulton in 1S07, the completion of 
the Erie Canal, in 1825, and of vari- 
ous lines of railway since that time, 



21 



THE 



Life Insurance Company 

98 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 



Fermanent Capital Stock of 
Assets, nearly 



$125,000 
$1,000,000 



CYRUS CURTISS, President 

MATTHEW MITCHELL, Vice President 

WM. A. BREWER, Jr., Secretary and Actuary. 

CYRUS MUNN, Assistant Secretary. 

B. W. McC READY, M.D., Medical Examiner, 

GEO. T. ELLIOT, Jr., Consulting Physician. 



DIRECTORS 



CYRUS CURTISS, 
MATTHEW MITCHELL, 
W. A. BREWER, Jr., 
GEORGE GRI8W0LD, 
ROLAND G. MITCHELL, 
FREDERICK G. FOSTER, 
GEORGE NEWBOLD, 
JOHN CASWELL, 
ARTHUR F. WILLMARTH, 
THOMAS HOPE; 
ELL WOOD WALTER. 
BENJAMIN W, BONNET, 
FRANKLIN F. RANDOLPH, 
FREDERICK W. MACY, 
HENRY SWIFT, 
DAVID A. WOOD, 
WILSON G. HUNT. 
WILLIAM H. ASPINWALL, 
WILLIAM H. COX, 
GEORGE N. LAWRENCE 
THOMAS H. FAILE,. 
JAMES PUNNETT, 
LEVI P. MORTON, 
EFFINGHAM TOWNSEND, 

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PREMIUilS RECEIVABLE IN CASH, -which is believed to be the only 
true and safe system. 

Ziberaliti/ and Fromptltude in the Settlement of Claims* 
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY STATE. 



TVM. F. MOTT, Jr., 

abiel a. low, 
gustav schwab, 
merritt tbimble, 
george a. bobbins, 
robert r. willets, 
james b. johnston, 
david wag staff, 
abraham bininger, 
james thomson, 
robert h. berdell, 
john g. vose. 
john h. sherwood, 
chas. h. ludington, 
robert bowne, 
jere:\iiah c. garthwaite, 
frederick wood, 

FRANCIS H. STOTT, 
NEWEL C. HALL, 
GEORGE R. BABCOCK, 
ISAAC HINCKLEY. 
STEPHEN T. SOUDER, 
HENRY P. ROSS. 



have each materially added to the 
growth and prosperity of the city. Its 
Dutch name of Beaverwyck was 
changed to Albany at the same time 
that New Amsterdam was changed to 
New York, in honor of King James 
II., at that time the Duke of York 
and Albany, and in possession of all 
the Dutch settlements on the Hudson. 
Among the public buildings are the 
Capitol, State Hall, State Library, 
Geological and Agricultural Hall, 
State Normal School, City Hall, and 
several educational and other institu- 
tions. The Dudley Observatory is 
named in honor of a wealthy merchant 
whose widow has given $90,000 for 
the purpose of its construction and 
endov\Tnent. Other persons have 
contributed liberal though smaller 
amounts, and the observatory is one 
of the finest in the country, and fur- 
nished with instruments some of which 
are unsurpassed in the world. 

TROY, 

Tr.iv City, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 
■I30 iiiiles from New \ orlf. 

This beautiful city is the terminus 
of the Hudson River Railway. Its 
city charter was granted in 1S16. 
Present population, about 40,000. It 
was founded by settlers from New 
England ; and to_ this fact, perhaps, 
maybe attributed, in some measure, its 



1 rapidity of growth, and the intelligence 
and liberality of its citizens There 

I are several first-class educational in- 
stitutions, among which is the Rens- 

I selaer Polytechnic Institute, second 

' in America only to West Point as an 
engineering and scientific school. The 
Troy Female Seminary has also ob- 
tained a high celebrity. The manu- 
facturing interests are large and van- ^ 
ous, including cotton and woollen 
factories, grist and flouring mills, 
distilleries, breweries, manufactories 
of iron, hosiery, paper, carriages, 
clothing, shirts, collars, mathematical 
instruments, etc. The railway car 
manufactory here Is the largest in the 
Stat£. The Union Railway Depot Is 
a magnificent building, and was built 

j for the joint accommodation of the 
four gieat railways that centre here, 
viz., the Hudson River, the New 
York Central (uniting at Schenectady 
with the other branch from Albany), 
the Rensselaer and Saratoga, and the 
Troy and Boston Railways, the two 
latter running northerly through East- 
em New York and Western Ver- 
mont, and connecting with roads to 
Burlington, Montreal, etc. On the 
completion of the great Hoosic tun- 
nel the Troy and Boston Railway will 
form a direct route to Boston. 



RENSSELAER & SARATOGA R. R. 

ALBANY AND TROY TO SARATOGA SPRINGS. 

TROY TO JUNCTION. 
GREEN ISLAND, 



N. Y. 
« m. from Troy. From Sar. Spr., »!■ 

This station is situated upon the 
island of the same name, in the Hud 



ment of Gen. Burgojme. Traces of 
these fortifications still remain visible. 
Running lengthwise on all these 
islands, and crossing the intervening 

"sprouts" over bridges, the railway 

son river, directly opposite the city of | passes from Albany into Saratoga 
Troy, of which it is a suburb. Green j county. 

Island, Van Schaick's or Cchoes Isl- I WATERFORD it 

and. and Van Hovers Island, extend | AVaterf.ini, .•Surai.ga Cu,, N. Y. 

about four miles along the river, and 1 4 m. iVn,,, rrov. Fi s... s._.,-s e«. 

separate the Mohawk from the Hud- | Situated on the Champlam Canal, 
son. dividing the mouths of the former j at the confluence of the Hudson and 
into four channels, which are called Mohawk rivers. It is a manufacturing 
"sprouts of the Mohawk." On Van j village of considerable importance. 
Schaick's or Cohoes Island, opposite The Mohawk is here bordered by an 
the village of Cohoes, Gen. Schuyler, 1 almost perpendicular range of slate 
in the summer of 1777, threw up in- ; blufis, and the Hudson by a range of 
trenchmeuts to check the advance- i clay bluffs. 
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ALBANY AND TROY TO SARATOGA. 




Albany Division, R. & S. R. R. 



ALBANY TO JUNCTION. 



ALBANY RURAL CEMETERY, 

Wntcrvlifl, All.ai.v Co.. N. V. 
4 .r. fr.HM All.any. Froin S:,r. SprN, Ztt. 

One of the most beautiful rural 
cemeteries in the country, abounding 
m romantic dells, shaded ravines, cas- 
cades, miniature lakes, rustic bridges 
over forest streams, etc. It is a place 
of rare picturesque beauty. 
WEST TROY, 

Walervhel, Alli^inv Co.. N. Y. 
Gm.fr.m -Vll):u)y. From Sar. Spr's. »a. 

This place has important manufac- 
tories of woollen goods, bells, car- 
riages, and various other articles. An 
extensive United States Arsenal, con- 
sisting of more than thirty buildings 
of brick and stone, is located here. Its 
grounds occupy about -one hundred 
acres. It is the principal government 
manufactoiy of gun-carriages, machi- 
nery, equipments, ammunition, and 
military supplies. 

COHOES, 

Watervliet, Albu.iyC..., N. Y. 
O m. from Alh.uiy. From Sar. Spr's. SO. 

An important manufacturing village 
on the Mohawk. An extensive dam 
creates an immense water-power here, 
comprising the whole body of the 
Mohawk river, with a total descent 



of 103 feet The railroad bridge across 
the Mohawk is 900 feet in length, and 
is in full view of the Cohoes Falls, 
about three-fourths of a mile above 
The river here flows over a rocky de 
divity 7S feet in height, of which 40 ft- 
is a perpendicular fall. The main fall 
is 900 feet wide, and the banks above 
and below are wild and precipitous. 
The Erie Canal rises by a series of iS 
locks from the Hud-on river, through 
the village of Cohoes to the m irtheriy 
part of the town of Watervliet, three 
miles above, at which point it crosses 
the river in a stone aqueduct, 1.137 
feet long, 26 feet high, and resting on 
26 piers. The products of the knitting 
and cotton mills, axe and edge tool, 
and other factories, amounts to over 
52,000,000 per annum. In recent ex- 
cavations made in the rocky bank of 
the Mnhawk, for the foundation of a 
new mill, the fossil remains of a gigan- 
tic mastodon were discovered. The 
Harmony Mills Co. of Cohoes have 
liberally donated this interesting relic 
of the earth's ancient history to the 
State collection at Albany. It is con- 
sidered as the most perfect skeleton 
of the mastodon ever discovered. 



JUNCTION TO SARATOGA SPRINGS. 



ALBANY JUNCTION, 

Waierlor.l, tJar.ilu^a </(j., N. \'. 
e :ii. r.p,n Ti'07- From Sir. ,'^pr'<i fSfi. 

At this place the Albany division 
unites with the main road from Troy. 
The railroad now runs along between 
the Champlain Canal and the Hudson 
river, on an interval, about half a mile 
in width for several miles. 

MECHANICSVILLE. 

Siillwaier, Saraioj;a ( .'o. . N. V, 
fa m. fr^m Troy. Fn.oi .Sar. .Sor's, SO. 

An incorporated village, lyin^ partly 
in Half Moon, but principally m Still- 
water. It has an extensive Linen 
Thread manufactory. Population in 
i860, i,in. The township of Still- 
water Contains the battle-grounds of 
" Bemis Heights." where the engage- 
ments were fought which resulted in 
the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne to 
Gen. Gates in i777- 



BALLSTON SPA, 

Milion, aaralo2!iCo., N. Y. 
S-^m rrn,n Trov Prom S.nr Spr's. T. 

This village has long been cele- 
brated for its mineral springs, and it 
was formerly a famous place of invalid 
and summer resort, until its attrac- 
tions became somewhat overshadowed 
by those of Saratoga Its waters are 
very similar to those of the Saratoga 
Springs, but are not so strongly im^ 
pregnated. Benajah Douglas, grand- 
father of the Hon. Stephen A. Dou- 
glas, in 1792 built a log-house near the 
"Old Spring" for the accommoda- 
tion of invaUds. etc. The Sans Souci 
Hotel is an old and popular resort for 
visitors during the summer months. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, 

Sar.ito^a Soriugs, Saratosa Co., N. Y. 
_" KS mil-s Irom Trov. 

This is the most fashionable water- 



ing place in the western world, de- j scale. Saratoga Lake, a beautiful 
riving its populaiity and importance sheet of water, is within a pleasant 
from the highly medicinal qualities [ drive. The " White Sulphur Spring " 
of its far-famed mineral springs. 1 is on its eastern shore. On the 
These are several in number, in- i streams in this vicinity are several 
eluding the Congress, Empire, High ! faie cascades. Fort Edward, Glen's 
Rock, Columbian, Iodine, Monroe, i Falls on the Hudson, and Lake 
Flat Rock, Hamilton, Red Spring, 1 George, are within two or three hours' 
and others. The mineral spring travel by railway and plank-road, 
region has a radius of about ten I Schuylerviile on the Hudson, ten 
miles. The waters of the different i miles easterly from Saratoga Springs, 
springs vary in their medicinal quali- i the early residence of Gen. Philip 
ties, possessing in general the vir- | Schuyler, was the scene of the sur- 
tues of a tonic united with those of i render of Burgoyne in 1777. The 
a gentle cathartic. Saratoga is also j battles o-^ Stillwater, which preceded 
famous for its hotels, of which there and compelled this surrender, were 
are more than twenty, several of which fought at Bemis Heights, nine miles 
are conducted upon a metropolitan I south of Schuylerviile. 
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The mountains of this region all belong to the great 
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of the United States, from the States bordering on the 
Gulf of Mexico to the basin of the St. Lawrence River. 
The chain is made up of a succession of ridges whose 
prevailing course is parallel with each other and with the 
general coast line of the continent. 

The general character of the Appalachian range in 
New York is a gradual change from mountains to hills, 
which finally sink away in the lowlands of the great St. 
Lawrence basin. Three distinct ranges or collections of 
parallel ridges pass through New York State, from South- 
west to North-east. 

The first or most easterly of these is the continuation 
of the great Blue Ridge of Virginia, Maryland, and Penn- 
sylvania, the main portions of which, passing through the 
North-western corner of New Jersey, forms the Shawan- 
gunk Mountain, which, extending between Sullivan and 
Orange counties, strikes the Hudson in the southern part 
of Ulster county. South-east of this long ridge a succes- 
sion of smaller ridges run parallel with it, some of which 
cross Orange and Rockland into Putnam and Dutchess 
counties, east of the river. The gap through which the 
Hudson flows is across these smaller ridges, whose highest 
summits rise to heights varying from one thousand to 
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The second sefies of these ridges enters the State from 
Pennsylvania, and extending through Sullivan, Ulster, 
and Greene counties, terminate in the beautiful Catskills, 
a short distance west of the Hudson. 

The third series, passing through Broome, Delaware, 
Otsego, Schoharie, Montgomery and Herkimer counties, 
reappears beyond the Mohawk, and there constitiites the 
Adirondac Mountains, among whose summits the Hudson 
finds its sources. 

The following sketch of the scenery of the Catskill re- 
gion is taken by permission from a work entitled 
The Catskill Mountains, and the Region Around ; 

their Scenery, Legends, and History. By Rev. Charles 

Rockwell, Dutch Dominie of the Catskills, etc., etc. 

New York : Taintor Brothers &^ Co., Publishers, 229 

Broadway. 1867. 

" From the banks of the Hudson, a few miles into the 
country, may be seen, from different points of view, some 
of the most charming scenery in the world. Every turn 
in the road, every bend in the stream, presents new and 
attractive pictures, remarkable for beauty and diversity in 
outline, color, and aerial perspective. The. solemn Katz- 
bergs, sublime in form, and mysterious in their dim, in- 
comprehensible, and ever-changing aspect, almost always 
form a prominent feature in the landscape. 

" The Indians called these mountains " Onti Ora," or 
" Mountains of the Sky ; " for, in some conditions of the 
atmosphere, they are said to appear like a heavy cumulose 
cloud above the horizon. In the midst of this scenery, 
Cole, the eminent painter, delighted to linger when the 
shadows of the early morning were projected towards the 
mountains, then bathed in purple mists ; or at evening, 
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when these lofty heights, then dark and awful, cast their 
deep shadows over more than half of the country below 
between their bases and the riyer. Charmed with Catskill 
and its vicinity, Cole made it at first a summer retreat, and 
finally his permanent residence ; and there, in a fine old 
family mansion, delightfully situated to command a full 
view of the mountains and the intervening country, his 
spirit passed from earth ; while a sacred poem, created by 
his wealthy imagination and deep religious sentiment, was 
finding expression upon his easel in a series of fine pic- 
tures like those of " The Course of Empire " and the 
"• Voyage of Life." He entitled the series " The Cross 
and the World." Two of them were unfinished. One 
had found form in a " study " only, while the other was 
half finished upon the large canvas, with some figures 
sketched in white chalk. So they remain, just as the 
master left them ; and so remains his studio. It is regard- 
ed by his devoted widow as a place too sacred for the com- 
mon gaze. The stranger never enters it. 

The mountains rise abruptly from the plain on their 
eastern side, where the road that leads to the Mountain 
House enters them, and follows the margin of a deep, 
dark glen, through which flows a clear mountain stream, 
seldom seen by the traveller, but heard continually for 
nearly a mile, as in swift rapids or in little cascades it hur- 
ries to the plain below. The road is winding, and in its 
ascent along the side of the glen, or, more properly, mag- 
nificent gorge, it is so inclosed by the towering heights on 
one side, and the lofty trees that shoot up on the other, 
that little can be seen beyond a few rods except the sky 
above or ghmpses of some distant summit, until the pleas- 
ant nook in the mountain is reached wherein the Rip Van 
Winkle cabin is nestled. After that the course of the road 
is more nearly parallel with the river and the plain, and 
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through frequent vistas glimpses may be caught of the 
country below that charm the eye, excite the fancy and 
imagination, and make the heart throb quicker and stronger 
with pleasurable emotions. Rip's cabin is a small, white 
building, with two rooms, where travellers formerly ob- 
tained refreshments ; and is at the head of the gorge along 
whose margin the traveller has ascended. It is so called 
because it stands within the amphitheatre, inclosed by 
lofty heights, reputed to be the place where the ghostly 
ninepin players held their revel ; and where Rip Van 
Winkle lay down to his long repose. From a rude spout 
by the cabin there pour cooling draughts from a mountain 
spring, more delicious than ever came from the juice of 
the grape. 

There are man}- delightful resting-places upon the road, 
soon after leaving Rip's cabin, as we toil wearily up the 
mountain, where the eye takes in a magnificent panorama 
of hill and valley, forest and river, hamlet and village, and 
thousands of broad acres, where herds graze and the farmer 
■ gathers his crops ; much of it dimly defined because of 
distance, a beautifully colored map rather than a pi6lure. 
These delight the eye and quicken the pulse ; but there is 
one place upon the road where the ascending weary ones 
enjoy more exquisite pleasure, for a moment, than at any 
other point in all that mountain region. It is at a turn in 
the road where the Mountain House stands ; suddenly, 
before and above the traveller, revealed in perfe<?i; distinct- 
ness, column, capital, window, rock, people, — all appar- 
ently only a few rods distant. There too the road is level, 
and the traveller rejoices in the assurance that the toilsome 
journey is at an end, when suddenly, like the young pil- 
grim in Cole's " Voyage of Life," he finds himself disap- 
pointed in his course. The road that seemed to be lead- 
ing dire(5lly to that beautiful mansion upon the crag just 
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above him turns away, like the stream that appeared to be 
taking the ambitious young man direclly to the shadowy 
temple of fame in the clouds ; and many a weary step 
must be taken over a steep, crooked road before the trav- 
eller can reach the obje6l of his journey. 

The grand rock platform on which the Mountain House 
stands is reached at last, and then comes the full recom- 
pense for all weariness. Bathed, immersed, in pure 
mountain air, almost three thousand feet above tide- 
water, full, positive, enduring rest is given to every mus- 
cle, after half an hour's respiration of that invigorating 
atmosphere, and soul and limb are ready for a longer, 
loftier, and more rugged ascent. There is something in- 
describable in the pleasure experienced during the first 
hour passed upon the piazza of the Mountain House, 
gazing upon the scene towards the east. That view has 
been described a thousand times. I shall not attempt it. 
Much rhetoric and rhyme, with sentimental platitudes, 
have been employed in describing it. 

The aerial pidlures seen from the Mountain House are 
sometimes marvellous, especially during a shower in the 
plain, when all is sunshine above, while the lightning 
plays and the thunder rolls far below those upon the 
summits ; or after a storm, when mists are driving over 
the mountains, struggling with the wind and sun, or dis- 
solving in the pure air. At rare intervals an apparition, 
like the spectre of the Brocken, may be seen. A late 
writer, who w^as there during a summer storm, was fa- 
vored with the sight. The guests were in the parlor 
when it was announced that "the house was going past, 
on the outside." All rushed to the piazza; and there, 
sure enough, upon a moving cloud more dense than the 
fog that enveloped the mountains, was a perfe(5l pi6lure 
of the great building, in colossal proportions. The mass 
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of vapor was passing slowly from north to south, dire(5lly 
in front, at a distance apparently of two hundred feet from 
the house, and refledted the noble Corinthian columns 
which ornament the front of the building, every window, 
and all the spe6lators. The cloud moved on, and ere 
long we saw one pillar disappear, and then another. We, 
ourselves, who were expanded into giants in size, saw the 
gulf into which we were to enter and be lost I almost 
shuddered when my turn came ; but there was no escap- 
ing my fate ; one si'de of my face was veiled, and in a 
moment the whole had passed like a dream. An instant 
before, and we were the inhabitants of a gorgeous palace ; 
but it was the "baseless fabric of a vision," and now 
there was left "not a wreck behind." 

Although the Mountain House is far below the higher 
summits of the range, yet portions of four States of the 
Union and an area of about ten thousand square miles 
are comprised in the scope of vision from its piazza. 
From the top of the South Mountain, near and three 
hundred feet above the Mountain House, and of the 
North Mountain more distant and higher, a greater range 
of sight may be obtained, including part of a fifth State. 
The lakes, lying in -a basin a short distance from the 
Mountain House, with all their grand surroundings, the 
house itself, the South Mountain, and the Roundtop or 
Liberty Cap, form the middle ground ; while in the dim 
distance the winding Hudson, with Esopus, Shawangunk, 
and the Highland ranges are revealed, the borders of 
rivers dotted with villas and towns, appearing mere white 
specks on the landscape. 

Two miles and a half from the Mountain House is an 
immense gorge scooped from the rugged hills, into which 
pours the gentle outlet of the Cauterskill Lakes, in a 
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Yale College. November 16, 1S66. ) 
After a thorough trial of the American Polygi-ade Lead Pencils, 'I find 
them superior to any pencil in use, even to the Faber or the old English 
Cumberland Lead Pencil, being a superior pencil for sketching, ornamen- 
tal and mechanical drawing, and all the ordinarv uses of a lead pencil. 

LOUIS BAIL, Professor of Drawing, &c. 
All Pencils are stamped: ''American Ld. Pencil Co., N. Y." None 
genuine without the exact name of the firm — look to it. 

Civil and Topographical Engineer, 

229 BROADWAY, Room No. 40. 



Surveys made. 3Iaps of all kinds DrawHj 

Engraved, Printed , Colored, 

and 3Iounted, 



A large number of recently engraved plates on hand, containing accurate 
maps of many of the States and Counties of the United States, made froni 
actual surveys, and very full and complete. 

SCHOOLS, COLLEGES and LIBRARIES suppHed on liberal terras. 

Catalogues furnished on application. 

RAILWAY COMPANIES wishing special maps can save time and ex- 
pense and obtain more satisfactory maps by making use of these materials 
than in any other way. 

GUIDE MAPS, etc., prepared at short notice, and in the best manner. 



to it another of eighty feet If the visitor would enjoy 
one of the wildest and most romantic rambles in the 
world, let him follow that little stream in its way off the 
mountains, down the deep, dark, mysterious gorge, until 
it joins the Cauterskill proper, that rushes through the 
Clove from the neighborhood of Hunter, among the hills 
above, and thence onward to the plain. The tourist, if 
he fails to traverse the rugged gorge, should not omit a 
ride from the Mountain House, down through the Clove, 
to Palensville and the plain, a distance of eight miles. 
After leaving the falls and reaching the Clove, down, 
down, sometimes with only a narrow space between the 
base of a high mountain on one side and steep precipices 
on the other, whose feet are washed by the rushing Caut- 
erskill, our crooked road pursued its way, now passing a 
log house, now a pleasant cottage, and at length the ruins 
of a leather-manufa6luring village, deserted because the 
bark upon the hills around, used for tanning, is exhausted. 
Near this pi6luresque scene the Cauterskill leaps into a 
seething gulf between the cleft rocks and flows gently on, 
to make still greater plunges into darker depths a short 
distance below. This cleft is called the " Fawn's Leap," 
a young deer having there escaped a hunter and his dog, 
that pursued to the verge of the chasm. The fawn leaped 
it ; but the dog, attempting to follow, fell into the gulf 
below and was drowned. The foiled hunter went home 
without dog or game. By some, less poetical than others, 
the place is called the " Dog Hole." A few rods below 
the Fawn's Leap the road crosses a rustic bridge, at the 
foot of a sheer precipice, and for half a mile traverses a 
shelf cut from the mountain side, two hundred feet above 
the stream that has found its way into depths so dark as 
to be hardly visible. Upon the opposite side of the creek, 
a perpendicular wall rises many hundred feet ; and then, in 

33 



Comer of Park Row and Beekman St., opp. City Hall Park, N. Y. 
This Hotel is conducted on the European plan, for the accommodation of 
both ladies and gentlemen. Adjoining the ladies' parlor is a 

PRIVATE RESTAURANT, 
for ladies and gentlemen, where Meals will be furnished at all hours, guests 
paying for only what they order. 

J. P. HUGGINS, Proprietor. 



Ill llW¥0RK PElHTllfli®. 

Nos. 81, 83 & 85 Centre Street, 
NjIW YSKf^, 

Present to the Public of this Country facilities for the 

MANUFACTURE OF BOOKS 

which are unequaled on the Continent. They are also prepared to execute 
all descriptions of 

in the most expeditious and tasteful manner. 

For their BOOK-ROOM they have procured large fonts of the tnost 
elegant faces which the skill and ingenuity of our Type-Founders can 
produce. They have also had cut to match their various faces those charac- 
ters which the advance of Science has rendered necessary to condense its 
formulas. 

They have furnished their JOB-ROOM with the Choicest Types 
of our own Founders, and imported from France and Germany whatever of 
desirability their markets afforded. 

Their large fonts enable tliem to "HUSH," a Book or Job through at 
a speed which their customers appreciate. 

Special attetitlon paid to Laiv Work, 



slight inclination, the mountain towers up at least a thou- 
sand feet higher, and forms a portion of the range known 
as the South Mountain. At the mouth of this cavernous 
gorge lies the pretty little village of Palensville, where we 
again cross the stream, and in a few moments find our- 
selves upon a beautiful and highly cultivated plain. From 
this point, along the base of the mountains to the road 
by which we enter them, or more diredly to Catskill, the 
drive is a delightful one. 



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HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. 

LOCAL TRAINS 

Leave New York for Yonkers, and intermediate 

stations, at. 5.15 and ir.30 P.M. 

Leave New York for Tarrytown, and intermedi- 
ate stations, at 4.30 p.m. 

Leave New York for Sing Sing, and intermediate 

stations, at 5.50 p.m. 

Leave New York for Peekskill, and intermediate 

stations, at 10.00 a.m., 4.15 and 7.00 p.m. 

Leave New York for Poughkeepsie, and interme- 
diate stations, at 12.30, 2.00 and 5.00 P.M. 

Leave Poughkeepsie for Albany, and intermedi- 
ate stations, at 4.45 a.m. 

Leave Yonkers for New York, and intermediate 

stations, at 7.30 a.m., and 6.30 P.M. 

Leave Tarrytown for New York, and interme- 
diate stations, at 6.30 A.M. 

Leave Sing Sing for New York, and interme- 
diate stations, at 7.30 a.m. 

Leave Peekskill for New York, and interme- 
diate stations, at 6.45, 9.10 a.m., and 2.15 p.m. 

Leave Poughkeepsie for New York, and inter- 
mediate stations, at 6.30 a.m., and 5.50 p.m. 

Leave East Albany for Poughkeepsie, and inter- 
mediate stations, at 1.45 p.m. 



RENSSELAER AND SARATOGA R. R. 



Trains Leave. 



June 24, 1S67. 



Trains Arrive. 



Ace. 


Ace. 


Mail. 


Mis. STATIONS. 


Mis. 


Ace. 


Mail. 


Exp. 


P.M. 
12.50 

1. 10 

1-15 
1.27 
1-35 
1.50 
2.20 
2.40 


P.M. 
4.40 
5-30 
4-50 
4.55 
5.08 
5.16 

5-31 
6 00 
6.30 


A.M. 
7.10 
8.00 

7-30 
736 
7-49 
7-58 
8.13 
8.46 
9.10 




I 
4 
6 
12 
25 
32 


AL-RANY 

Schenectady 

TROY 

....Green Island 

Waterford 

...Albany Junction... 
. . . Mechanicsville. . . . 

Ballston 

....SARATOGA.... 


95 
94 
91 
89 
83 
70 

63 


a.m. 
9 50 
9.00 
9.40 
9-35 
9-23 
9.18 
9.01 
8. 29 
8.10 


P.M. 
9.20 
8.25 
9-15 
9.10 
8.55 
8.4s 
8.28 
7-SS 
7-35 


P.M. 

4.40 

4-30 
4-25 
4-13 
4-05 
3-50 

3-20 

300 



Savory Dining Saloon, 

No. I4S Fl'LTON ST., 
Near Broadway, NEW YORK. 



Cooked to ordei at all hours of the 



SURBRUG 



No Naii\e Cigar 

AND 

Peculiar Smoking Tobacco. 

NONE BETTER, 
day. Charges liEASONABLE. Every i, , „^^^ ^^^^ ,^„^„ — — 
thing in its season, and in Good j 15 1 FULTON STREET, 
Style. 

A. M. SEE, Proprietor. ! new york. 



THE AMERICAN WOOD PAPER CO., 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

^ritttittjK, Cgttvdap^, fflatd ami Uattgittg ^^tx, 

OF VARIOUS GRADES AND QUALITIES. 

Atso, a superior article of Blotting Paper. 

Ofllce and Wareroom, 18 & 20 VESEY STREET, 

Near the Astor House, NliW Y^RK. 

WALLING & aRAY, 
DANIELSONVILLE, CONN. 



Maps of all kinds Colored ai\d Mounted 

ii\ tl\e best rr\anner and ori 

reasonable terrr\s. 



H. F. WALLING. O. W. GRAY. 



Buy the Best 




H. H. LLOYD & CO., 21 JOHN ST., NEW YOEK. 

AOENTS WANTED. M 



AMERICAN EXPRESUOMPANY, 

INCREASED FACILITIES 

AT LOW BATES AND Gl^EATEH DESPATCH. 



IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS, RESIDENTS, 
and others doing business on the line of the 

IE3I TO. d s o 3-:l IE^ i at- o z* IE=l. ^ilz-oa..ci. 



The American Express Company have lately completed arrangements with 
the Hudson River R. R.. by which they are enabled to offer the public far 
greater facilities in speed and much lower rates than have ever heretofore 
been offered. Expresses will be received and forwarded from each station by 
all passenger trains. 

The Company have agents at all the stations, also, the necessary facilities 
at all the important places on the road for the receipt and delivery of goods or 
parcels at the doors Of their patrons, without extra charge. They have also 
established BRANCH OFFICES in the CITY OF NEW YORK and 
vicinity, as follows, at which business will hereafter be received and delivered, 
and all orders left at same for wagons to call will receive prompt attention : 

Principal Office, Nos. 122 Sc 124 BROADWAY, cor. Cedar Street. 

27th St., New Haven R. R. Depot. 



61 Hudson Street. 
542 Broadway. 
li Murray Street. 
280 Canal St., near Broadway. 
13th St., corner of Broadway, un- 
der Wallack's Theatre. 
944 Broadway. 
Foot Cortlandt Street. 
W. 29th St., H. R. R. R. Depot. 



IN BROOKLYN: 
166 Montague Street. 
434 Fulton Street. 

IN WILLIAMSBURGH 
81 South 7th Street. 

IN JERSEY CITY: 
iS Exchange Place. 



All packages or other business, destined for New York, should be addressed 
to the street and number ; and all matter for that portion of the city located 
above 30th Street Station, vviH be delivered direct from that point, immedi- 
ately on the arrival of trains. Particular attention will be given to the filling 
of all orders intrusted to our care for the purchase of goods, or other business, 
and returns made by first trains. Special Rates will be made for the sea- 
son or YEAR to shippers of heavy first-class goods, to whom we are prepared, 
under this aiTangement, to offer better facilities than they can procure from 
any other source, as we will contract to receive freight at their doors, 
and DELIVER SAMH AT DOOR OF CONSIGNEE, saving all expenses for drayage 
at each end of the route, and delays and damages incident to the shipping by 
river or railroad. 

Our facilities for local business are unlimited, and no delays can occur. All 
Losses or Damages will be promptly settled. 

For information as to rates, apply to local agents, or to 

GHAS. H. WELLS, Gei\. Agent, 

124 Broadway, New York 



NORTH AMERICA 

Life Insurance Comfany, 

Corner of Barclay Street. 
.A''. D. MOBCrAK, Presirfpvf. 







This Company offers better inducements to insurers than any other in the 
United States. NO LIMITATION TO TRAVEL, at any season of the 
year, in any part of North America, north of Mexico, or in Europe. 

,JPolicies Secured hy Special Fledge of Public Stoekg 
in uinsurance Department of the State of'New York, and each Registered 
PoL^'will bear a Certificate to that effect, countersigned by the Superin- 
tendent OF THE Insurance Department. 

This feature of security originated with this Company, and was the invention 
of its prespnt President. Nearly yft/^: inillions of its policies are already secured 
in this manner. Communications addressed to the principal office, or to any of 
its agencies, will be promptly attended to. 

J. W^. MERRILL, Secretary. 



